Vending device for pins,needles,hardware or the like



26, 1969 KARL'HEINZ DENEKE 3,463,308

VENDING DEVICE FOR PINS, NEEDLES HARDWARE OR THE LIKE Filed Nov. 8, 1967 r '2 Sheets-Sheet 1 12 QAQV INV N rap Fi 5 F 1L7. 6

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VENDING DEVICE FOR PINS, NEEDLES, HARDWARE OR THE LIKE Filed Nov. 8, 1967 2 Sheets-sheaf? INVENTOR KARL-Hana. DENEKE WMM FeWw-QQL.

United States Patent 3,463,308 VENDING DEVICE FOR PINS, NEEDLES, HARD- WARE OR THE LIKE Karl-Heinz Deneke, Auf dem Rott, Gressenich,

near Aachen, Germany Filed Nov. 8, 1967, Ser. No. 681,496

Claims priority, application Germany, Nov. 11, 1966, MR 2,988; Dec. 5, 1966, R 34,043 Int. Cl. B65d 73/00 US. Cl. 206-78 8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A vending display device including an elongated card with a case secured to one end for holding pins or the like and closeable by a transparent lid embracing and frictionally fitting about the outer periphery of the case with the lid and case being in the form of an octagon and with the lid having interior clamping ribs engaging the case and with the lid being in the shape of a dome formed of a plurality of planar facets forming a jewellike design. A second embodiment matingly mounts the case in an aperture in the card in a recessed manner with the rear of the case being secured by an adhesive tape.

This invention relates to a vending device for pins, needles, hardware or the like, having a card-like carrier and a container attached thereto for the reception of the articles to be sold.

A vending device is known in which the container for holding the articles is a shell of transparent material which, at its open end, has a ledge extending laterally, by means of which the shell is secured to the card-like carrier. Before the shell is secured to the carrier it is filled with the articles to be sold. To remove articles from the shell it is necessary either to destroy it or to detach it from the carrier. If the shell is detached, it will have an open end, as a result of which it will no longer be very suitable for further storage of the articles it contains. If the shell is destroyed then obviously it cannot be used for storage of any articles.

It is also known to provide a package for pins, needles, hardware or the like which is formed as a folder or is of card-like form, and has a front wall with an aperture in which is arranged a cup of transparent material projecting from the front wall, and behind which cup is a closing flap adhesively secured to the front wall. For removal of articles from the cup the flap is to be opened. This has the danger that when the flap is opened, articles other than those which are to be removed may fall out. Also it may happen that due to repeated operation and to becoming dirty the fiap no longer provides a good seal, so that the package becomes unsuitable for use.

It is an object of the invention to provide a vending device for pins, needles, hardware or the like of the type referred to above, the container of which need not be destroyed for the purpose of removing the articles; from the container of which articles can be taken without danger of other articles falling out; and the container of which will remain suitable for the storage of article-s even after being detached from the carrier. It is also an object of the invention to provide a vending device which is of attractive and attention-provoking appearance.

According to this invention the container of the vending device for the reception of the articles to be sold is formed by a case secured to the carrier and having a push-on lid.

Due to the construction of the container for the reception of the articles to be sold in the form of a case with a push-on lid, the articles stored in the container can be 3,463,308 Patented Aug. 26, 1969 removed without destroying the container or without the danger of articles falling out. Also the container remains suitable for storage of articles even after it has been detached from its carrier.

In one embodiment of the vending device in accordance with the invention the case is firmly adhered by its base to the front face of the carrier. In another embodiment of the vending device the case is inserted into a suitably shaped, stamped out aperture of the carrier and is firmly adhered to the rear side of the carrier by means of at least one adhesive tape. In either embodiment no difiiculty is experienced in removing the case from the carrier should this be desired.

The lid of the case may have a rim overlapping a side wall of the case and the inner surface of the rim may be provided with clamping ribs. This construction provides clamping engagement between the lid and the case when the former is pushed on to the latter; thus the vending device may be moved into any position without the lid falling from the case.

According to a further feature of the invention the base of the case may have a flange projecting beyond the side Wall thereof. This projecting flange forms an abutment for the lower edge of the lid when the same is pushed over the case. In the embodiment in which the case is inserted into a stamped out aperture of the carrier, the projecting rim of the base abuts, in addition, against the rear face of the carrier.

According to yet another feature of the invention on the outside of the edge of the lid, at each of the two opposite points there is a lateral flange-like projection. These projections enable the lid to be held when pushing it onto the case or when removing it therefrom. When the case is inserted into a stamped out aperture of the carrier, as provided in one embodiment, the case may rest against the rear side of the carrier with the projections of its lid. In this case the lid is secured against removal from the case until the case is separated from the carrier.

In order that the vending device may have an attractive and attention-provoking appearance, the case and lid are in the form of a figure, the upper wall of the lid having surfaces angularly disposed to one another.

An attractive appearance of the vending device is achieved by the figurative design of the case and of the lid. Also an attractive appearance is achieved by the angular disposition relatively to one another of the surfaces of the lid. The surfaces of the lid being angularly disposed with reference to one another brings about diffraction and reflection of light and, consequently light effects, which attract the attention of the purchasers. If the case contains shining objects these light effects are enhanced.

The geometrical design of the case and its lid can vary. Preferably, however, the design is such that the case and its lid have the shape of an equilateral octagon, the upper wall of the lid being upwardly domed and the design and arrangement of the upper wall of the lid corresponding to the surface of a cut diamond.

The card-like carrier of the vending device is of strong paper, cardboard, or like material. On its front face the carrier may be printed with indicia of the contents and of the manufacturer.

Embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a front elevation of a vending device;

FIGURE 2 is a side elevation of the same device;

FIGURE 3 is an end elevation of the same device;

FIGURE 4 is a side elevation showing the device after removal of the lid of the case;

FIGURE 5 is a top plan of the lid of the case of the device;

. 3 FIGURE 6 is a cross section of the lid of the case of the device; l FIGURE 7 is a front elevation of another vending device;

FIGURE 8 is aside elevation of the other device;

FIGURE 9 is a rear elevation of the other device; and

FIGURE 10 is an end elevation of the other device.

The vending device shown in FIGURES 1 to 6 has an oblong, card-like carrier 10 of strong paper. Adhered securely to the front face of the carrier 10, at the lower half thereof, is a case 12 closable by a lid 11, the case 12 being adhered at its base 13. The case 12 contains glass headed pins indicated at 14.

The case 12 is of opaque, coloured, synthetic material, and the lid 11 is of transparent, colourless synthetic material.

The case 12 is in the shape of an equilateral octagon and in addition to its base 13 has comparatively shallow side walls 15. In addition, the base 13 of the case 12 has a flange 16 projecting beyond the side walls 15.

Corresponding to the case 12, the lid 11 is also in the form of an equilateral octagon. It has a lower rim 17 which is capable of overlapping the side walls of the case 12 and it also has an upper wall 18,

The rim 17 of the lid 11 is provided on its inside with clamping ribs 19. These ribs 19 extend parallel to the axis of the lid 11 and are arranged at intervals uniformly and equidistantly around the rim 17. The rim 17 is also provided externally at two opposite points with lateral, flange-like projections 20.

The upper wall 18 of the lid 11 is domed upwardly and is composed of a number of parts 21 disposed angularly to one another. The arrangement and measurements of the wall parts 21 is such that the upper wall 18 corresponds in shape to a cut diamond.

The embodiment of vending device shown in FIG- URES 7 to 10 corresponds to a large extent to that of FIGURES l to 6 as regards the design of the carrier 10 and of the case 12. However, in this second embodiment the case 12 with its lid 11 is inserted into a stamped out aperture 22 of corresponding shape formed in the carrier 10. Therein the flange-like projections of the lid 11 as well as the projecting flange 16 of the base 13 of the case 12 abut against the rear face of the carrier 10. An adhesive tape 23 which extends over the base 13 secures the case 12 to the rear face of the carrier 10.

What I claim is:

1. A vending display device for pins, needles or other hardware articles comprising an elongated card-like carrier, a container having the form of a case with a planar base and being firmly adhered to the front of the carrier and having an upstanding side wall extending outwardly from the base, a push-on lid having a rim with an interior surface matingly embracing and engaging the upstanding side wall of the case, said case and said lid each having the shape of a equilateral octagon, wherein the lid has an upper dome-like wall bulging outwardly from the rim and comprising a plurality of facets in a jewel-like man ner through which items in the case can be visually inspected.

2. A vending device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base of the case has a circumferential flange projecting beyond its side wall.

3. A vending device as claimedin claim 2, wherein inwardly extending clamping ribs are provided on the inner surface of the rim of the lid.

4. A vending device as claimed in claim 3, wherein external, lateral, flange-like projections are provided on the outer surface of the rim of the lid.

5. A vending display device for pins, needles and other hardware articles comprising an elongated card-like carrier and a container having the form of a case with a planar base, a push-on lid for said base, said carrier having an aperture into which the case is inserted from the rear end which has a shape corresponding to that of the case, said case being firmly adhered to the rear face of the carrier by adhesive tape and having an upstanding side wall extending outward from said planar base, said lid being provided with a rim matingly embracing and engaging the side wall of the case, and said case and said lid each having the shape of an equilateral octagon, wherein the lid has an upper dome-like wall bulging outwardly from the rim and comprising a plurality of facets arranged in a jewel-like manner through which items in the case may be visually inspected.

-6. A vending device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the base of the case has a circumferential flange projecting beyond its side wall.

7. A vending device as claimed in claim 6, wherein inwarlly extending clamping ribs are provided on the inner surface of the rim of the lid.

8. A vending device as claimed in claim 7, wherein external, lateral, flange-like projections are provided on the outer surface of the rim of the lid.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,290,965 1/ 1919 Gallaher. 3,129,839 4/ 1964 Grimsley. 1,334,245 3/1920 Humphrey 220-43 1 1,136,747 4/1915 Woods 220-43 183,853 10/1876 Hormann 220-42 X 2,001,798 5/1935 Schreiber 206 X FOREIGN PATENTS 19,560 1913 Great Britain.

I OSEPH R. LECLAIR, Primary Examiner JOHN M. CASKIE, Assistant Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R. 206-66 

